Freeman News

Finance professor C. Edward “Ted” Fee studies the effects of corporate financial policy, but the recently appointed Morton Aldrich Professor of Business has been known to apply that lens to some offbeat subjects. Ted Fee, the recently…

Last year, students in a Freeman School marketing class worked with officials from Fox Sports New Orleans to help develop a marketing campaign for the network’s coverage of Louisiana high school sports. This year, Fox Sports New…

Claire Senot’s paper “The Impact of Combining Conformance and Experiential Quality on Hospitals’ Readmissions and Cost Performance” has been accepted for publication in Management Science. The paper, co-authored with Aravind…

Jasmijn Bol’s paper “Performance Target Revisions in Incentive Contracts: Does Information and Trust Reduce Ratcheting and the Ratchet Effect?” has been accepted for publication in The Accounting Review. The paper was co-…

It’s more than 2,200 miles from the A. B. Freeman School of Business to Quito, Ecuador, but in that faraway South American community, accounting professor Beau Parent is fondly remembered. Freeman School alumnus Augusto Martinez…

Have an idea to solve a social problem in New Orleans? Enter the 2015 PitchNOLA competition and you could win $10,000 to help turn your idea into a reality. PitchNOLA entrants can win up to $10,000 to help bring their social change…

In 2006, Lynn Hannan earned the academic accounting discipline’s highest honor, the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, in recognition of her trailblazing research in managerial accounting. Now, thanks to the support…

Mita Sujan’s paper “Temporal mindsets and self-regulation: The motivation and implementation of self-regulatory behaviors” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. The paper, co-authored with Denise…

From Bloomberg Markets magazine, November 2014: The fund takes its name from the Burkenroad Reports written by students at Tulane’s Freeman School of Business. Peter Ricchiuti founded the program in 1993 and named it after…

Ira SolomonIra Solomon, dean of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University, has been appointed to a two-year term on the board of directors of AACSB International. The appointment, effectively immediately, will run…

What does it take to run the world’s largest professional services network? Deloitte global CEO Barry Salzberg fielded a wide range of questions from students as the 2014 R. W. Freeman Distinguished Lecturer.For Deloitte Touche…

ValuePenguin.com, a website that provides personal finance research and analysis, interviewed Master of Accounting student Neil Huntsman (MACCT ’15) for its “Future of Accountants” series. “The environment at Tulane is perfect for…

A team of undergraduate students from the A. B. Freeman School of Business beat out peers from two other Louisiana universities to earn top honors in the first annual ACG Energy Case Competition. The Freeman School earned first place…

The Freeman School brought its yearlong centennial observation to a close on Tuesday (Oct. 21) with a special party and time capsule ceremony for students, faculty and staff. The Freeman School capped off its yearlong centennial…

Barry Salzberg, global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd., the largest professional services network in the world, will discuss the challenges of running an international business in a special talk hosted by the A. B. Freeman School…

As part of their Global Leadership Latin America trip, the second-year MBA class visited the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires on Oct. 14, 2014, where they met with Economic Counselor Tim Stater (A&S '82), the No. 2 U.S. official in…

When it comes to business scandals, names like Madoff, Leman and Enron are top of mind. But why do people misbehave in the marketplace? That was the subject of a conference on Friday (Oct. 10) at the A. B. Freeman School of Business at…

At the September meeting of the Freeman School faculty, Dean Ira Solomon announced the recipients of five awards honoring professors for outstanding teaching, research and service.The Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award was established…

Ira Solomon,  dean and Debra and Rick Rees Professor of Business, was interviewed for the October issue of New Orleans Magazine on the challenge of sustaining a family business over multiple generations. Think it’s easy to keep a…

More than 400 business students converged on City Park Saturday (Sept. 20) for the first-ever day of service for Business TIDES, the Tulane InterDisciplinary Experience Seminars aimed at first-year students interested in majoring in…

At first glance, the keynote speakers at the 35th annual Tulane Business Forum couldn’t have been more different. Laurie Ann Goldman helped build spunky shapewear manufacturer Spanx into an international brand with $250 million in…

For its 35th annual program, the Tulane Business Forum highlights the achievements of renowned local, national and international organizations and the visionaries behind the scenes. These savvy business leaders will share the secrets…

As John Trapani listened to the names of graduates at this year’s Freeman School diploma ceremony, a thought struck him: Nearly half of the 700-plus degree recipients were from outside the U.S. The Freeman School was recently ranked…

Dean Ira Solomon is pleased to announce the following appointments to the faculty of the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. C. Edward Fee joins the Freeman School as the Morton A. Aldrich Professor…

The Freeman School rolled out the red carpet for incoming MBA students on Thursday (Aug. 14) with a first-of-its-kind networking reception for students in the full-time and professional programs. Lauren Siegel (MBA '15), left, and…